GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 980

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 980, which features core speeds of 1126 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 9165 (209%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 72000 (47%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be much (approximately 228%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 100208 (228%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42784 (146%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.